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Atheist Activist Group Seeks to End Bible Classes at North Carolina Elementar...
SALISBURY, N.C. ? A prominent atheist activist organization is seeking to end the presentation of optional Bible classes at several elementary schools in North Carolina. The Madison, Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) recently sent a letter to officials with the Rowan-Salisbury School System after it received a complaint from an unidentified individual who took [?]Can atheist Sam Harris become a spiritual figure?
Short summary of storySecularists ?come out? to change perceptions
For many of Tiffany Moore's relatives, she has become the family?s black sheep since opening up about her atheist beliefs. The reaction, she said, left her isolated, led to thoughts of suicide and changed her outlook. Moore?s experience is not uncommon, say the organizers of a new Openly Secular campaign that will use education and support to end discrimination and gain acceptance for atheists ...Atheist convention to flock to Peabody Hotel
An atheist convention at the Peabody Hotel Easter weekend is raising eyebrows and stirring up emotions for some people in the Mid-South.Atheist Student Forced To Stand For Pledge Of Allegiance Receives Apology
Atheist Student Forced To Stand For Pledge Of Allegiance Receives Apology School Ordered To Apologize After Pledge Of Allegiance Dispute Atheist Student Forced To Stand For Pledge Of Allegiance Receives Apology Education Headlines Has Been Optimized Administrators at a Ventura County, Calif., high school have apologized after pressuring an atheist student to stand for the pledge of allegiance ...Atheist gives invocation at city council meeting
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) ? An atheist was allowed to give the invocation at a Huntsville City Council meeting, which has used mostly Christian ministers at past meetings. Al.com reports (http://bit.ly/1rpkctN) that Kelly McCauley's 90-second invocation at Thursday's meeting began with "Dearly Beloved" and ended with "Let it be so" -- and no reaction from a packed city council chamber. McCauley is ...Atheist group to give invocation at Huntsville City Council meeting
The North Alabama Freethought Association said Kelly McCauley, a board member for the group, will be giving the invocation at the September 25 council meeting. Good and godless: Readers on Sam Harris, atheism and spirituality
Sam Harris -- author, outspoken atheist and neuroscientist -- has made several appearances on The Times' Op-Ed pages, most recently in an interview with Patt Morrison this week in which he reconciles his practice of "spirituality" with his advocacy of atheism. And as in the past, readers are...Atheist Church Sunday Assembly Opens in 35 More Towns
Nearly three dozen towns around the world, including in the U.S. and France, launched their first "Sunday Assembly," also known as the atheist church, on Sunday.His atheism is its own kind of narrow religion.
His atheism is its own kind of narrow religion.